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2008 Chilean film

The Good Life
Film poster

Spanish	La buena vida

Directed by	Andrés Wood
Written by	Mamoun Hassan
Starring	Aline Küppenheim Manuela Martelli Eduardo Paxeco Roberto Farias
Cinematography	Miguel Littín
Edited by	Andrea Chignoli
Music by	Miranda y Tobar
Release date	August 2008 (2008-08)
Country	Chile
Language	Spanish

The Good Life (Spanish: La buena vida) is a 2008 Chilean drama film directed by Andrés Wood and written by Mamoun Hassan. The film won the 2008 Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film.

Plot

Teresa (Aline Küppenheim), Edmundo (Roberto Farias), Mario (Eduardo Paxeco), and Patricia (Paula Sotelo) are four inhabitants of the city of Santiago de Chile whose lives intersect in public places but rarely come together to communicate.

Immersed in the urban whirlwind, each of them pursues a goal: Teresa, a social psychologist who helps women in situations of risk; Edmundo, a stylist who still lives with his mother and longs to have a car; Mario, a young clarinetist who arrives from Berlin and wants to join the Philharmonic; and Patricia, who struggles to survive while caring for a baby and battling illness.

Four stories based on real events, very different from each other but united by the ups and downs and contradictions of life in a South American city.

Cast

Aline Küppenheim - Teresa
Roberto Farías - Edmundo
Eduardo Paxeco [es] - Mario
Paula Sotelo - Patricia
Alfredo Castro - Jorge
Manuela Martelli - Paula
Francisco Acuña - Lucas
Bélgica Castro - Leonor

Awards and nominations

Won

Goya Awards

Best Spanish Language Foreign Film

Havana Film Festival

Mention (Andrés Wood)

Huelva Latin American Film Festival

Golden Colon: Best Film (Andrés Wood)

References

"Andrés Wood obtiene premio Goya por cinta "La buena vida"". Emol (in Spanish). February 1, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

External links

The Good Life at IMDb

v t e Colón de Oro Award
1970s	Enough Praying (1975) The Last Supper (1976) Cantata de Chile (1977) A Summer Rain (1978) Julio comienza en julio (1979)
1980s	A Culpa (1980) Cerromaior (1981) Last Days of the Victim (1982) Ardiente paciencia (1983) Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación (1984) The Rigorous Fate (1985) Poor Butterfly (1986) Besame Mucho (1987) A Mulher do Próximo (1988) Juliana (1989)
1990s	Después de la tormenta (1990) Las tumbas (1991) Adorable Lies (1992) The Strategy of the Snail (1993) Reina y Rey (1994) Sicario (1995) Como un relámpago (1996) How Angels Are Born (1997) Traição (1998) Olympic Garage (1999)
2000s	Coronation (2000) In This Tricky Life (2001) Madame Satã (2002) El viaje hacia el mar (2003) Whisky (2004) Lower City (2005) The Violin (2006) Silent Light (2007) The Good Life (2008) The Maid (2009)
2010s	Hermano (2010) I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips (2011) Clandestine Childhood (2012) Workers (2013) Zanahoria (2014)

Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film

Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
1980s	A King and His Movie (1986) Life Is Most Important (1987) ~~(1988)~~ The Beauty of the Alhambra (1989)
1990s	Fallen from Heaven (1990) The Frontier (1991) A Place in the World (1992) Gatica, el mono (1993) Strawberry and Chocolate (1994) Midaq Alley (1995) Autumn Sun (1996) Ashes of Paradise (1997) The Lighthouse (1998) Life Is to Whistle (1999)
2000s	Burnt Money (2000) La fuga (2001) The Last Train (2002) Intimate Stories (2003) Whisky (2004) Blessed by Fire (2005) The Hands (2006) XXY (2007) The Good Life (2008)

Goya Award for Best Hispano-American Film
2000s	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) The Life of Fish (2010)

Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film
2010s	Chinese Take-Away (2011) Juan of the Dead (2012) Blue and Not So Pink (2013) Wild Tales (2014) The Clan (2015) The Distinguished Citizen (2016) A Fantastic Woman (2017) Roma (2018) Heroic Losers (2019)
2020s	Memories of My Father (2020) The Cordillera of Dreams (2021) Argentina, 1985 (2022) The Eternal Memory (2023)

Note: Entries scored out are when the award was not handed

v t e Chilean submissions for the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film
Caluga o menta (1990) The Frontier (1991) Johnny 100 Pesos (1993) A Cab for Three (2001) Los debutantes (2003) Machuca (2004) My Best Enemy (2005) In Bed (2006) Padre nuestro (2007) The Good Life (2008) Dawson Isla 10 (2009) The Life of Fish (2010) Violeta Went to Heaven (2011) Young & Wild (2012) Gloria (2013) To Kill a Man (2014) Tea Time (2015) Much Ado About Nothing (2016) A Fantastic Woman (2017) Los perros (2018) Spider (2019) The Mole Agent (2020) The Cordillera of Dreams (2021) 1976 (2022) The Eternal Memory (2023) In Her Place (2024)

Chilean submissions for the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film

Caluga o menta (1990)
The Frontier (1991)
Johnny 100 Pesos (1993)
A Cab for Three (2001)
Los debutantes (2003)
Machuca (2004)
My Best Enemy (2005)
In Bed (2006)
Padre nuestro (2007)
The Good Life (2008)
Dawson Isla 10 (2009)
The Life of Fish (2010)
Violeta Went to Heaven (2011)
Young & Wild (2012)
Gloria (2013)
To Kill a Man (2014)
Tea Time (2015)
Much Ado About Nothing (2016)
A Fantastic Woman (2017)
Los perros (2018)
Spider (2019)
The Mole Agent (2020)
The Cordillera of Dreams (2021)
1976 (2022)
The Eternal Memory (2023)
In Her Place (2024)

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